I'm Raymond Mar. My life is filled with new successes and new experiences. I recently experience a step backwards losing who I am. I'm happy the step backwards was short. I grew up again. I found new strength, new wisdom, and the old Raymond Mar from 2009-2012. The biggest success since 2011 is I found a new job. My new life is coming soon. The curses disappeared. There is new hope and new faith. Never take anything and anyone for granted.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

This is a personal critical thinking question. To avoid misunderstandings and miscommunications, I cherish, respect, value, appreciate, earn, and never take for granted my friends. I continue to be a friend and I hope my friends continue to appreciate and to accept my friendship. If you're on my Facebook, have your cell number, or we keep in touch in some way, then you're a part of me. Thank you!

I ask the question because the groups of friends I spend time with I'm the lowest common denominator. In other words, I have the least common interests, hobbies, experiences, attitudes, and personalities among my group of friends. There are times I feel left out. One can say I'm the quietest. It happens to all groups. I'm sure I'm not the only one with the same feelings. There are times I feel lonely because there are some activities I'm not invited for good reason since I don't do that or I'm doing something else my friends don't do.

Where are the people who are like me? Are there people who watch anime, play board games, read books, and also workout at the gym, listen to classic jazz (started Nov'08), cook, ballroom dance (started Jan'09), hike (started Apr'09), visit random places (want to visit more), and/or follow sports (I follow the headlines in football and baseball and some basketball and little hockey).

I just thought of a better question. Where are the people who have interests besides anime, board games, and reading books, and can I find them? For example, can I find somebody who works out at my gym and become friends? Almost everyone who works out workout alone anyways. Bad example. How about visiting new places in the Bay Area? How about going to a San Francisco Giants ballgame or watching sports at a sports bar?

I want to meet people who enjoy other hobbies I like to do. I must be having bad luck. Or maybe it's me not being good enough to attract more people and making more friends. The search continues.

Monday, December 21, 2009

What's my X factor? I don't have one, yet. I can't describe myself like those people above. I continue living my life finding what I what to do and what I'm going to do. Those answer what my X factor is.

*Long Time Hobbies: Working out at the gym, reading books, playing video games (not much, but still), cooking, playing board games.

*Looking Forward To: Learn more ballroom dancing, cosplay #7, catch up on anime, skydive, eat new foods, make new friends, visit new places to hike, watch a ballgame, grow up,. . . look forward to many more as I find new ideas.

We all change. Our uniqueness can change for the better. Always find new and better uniqueness infinitely. I always seek bigger and better uniqueness.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

*Played video games at Golfland for the first time in 2009. I played Razing Storm, a shooting game.

*More Ovaltine, Please. Drank the chocolate for the first time since I was a kid.

*Played Rat A Tat Cat card game for the first time.

*Purchased a squeegee for my car. My last squeegee the handle broke.

*Visited Gilroy Gardens with family.

*Met a friend from Southern California since last Thanksgiving. We ate at Yumi Yogurt.

*Caught up on writing blogs. Expect more blogs to be posted. I write a blog idea on paper. The problem was either I thought of a better blog idea and choose to write it or there was no time to write my backlog of blogs.

*Happy Thanksgiving Day. My family and I celebrated at my brother's place. We ate turkey. We watched our traditional movie, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles." I did different activities including playing video games and playing more video games.

*Black Friday Best Deals. Purchased GPS, a leaf blower, and 2.1 speakers. I looked at the Sunday ads following Black Friday. The Sunday ads deals sucked.

*Ate dinner at Clover, the first time I ate dinner. Usually, I buy their bakery breads. The dinner was delicious. I realized coffee is not for me.

*Went to Aki's Bakery and purchased a huge chocolate chip cookie and a cinnamon twist. Both were delicious. I can't wait to try their cakes.

About Me

Get up and do something, anything is my life motto. The irony is true: live a good life, live a happy life, one must work intelligently to achieve them. Earn them. I don't take life for granted. Be active. Be open. I always seek new experiences and adventures. Boredom kills life's motivation. Meet new people. Create new circle of friends. Exercise your body. Exercise your mind. Strong bodies, strong minds. Spend wisely. Rest is important. Feel a good person. Be a good person.